Senior Urban Planner

AECO; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Adelaide seeks an experienced planner to lead complex planning studies and development applications, delivering actionable analyses that shape communities and transport networks.

You will review amendments, rezoning and site plans, conduct field inspections, and provide professional planning assistance to member communities, councils and stakeholders, ensuring compliance and high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Urban/Regional Planning or related field.
• Experience with land use planning, zoning and development reviews.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex planning studies and development applications.
• Review and process plan amendments, rezoning, annexations, site plans and plats.
• Prepare reports on land use, physical, social and economic issues.
• Provide planning assistance on land use and transportation projects.
• Develop regional plans, studies and analyses.
• Contribute to natural/water resources planning and hazard mitigation.
• Perform field inspections to verify compliance with approved plans.
• Present findings to staff and elected officials.

Skills

Urban & regional planning

Stakeholder engagement

Policy analysis

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Urban/Regional Planning or related field

Tools

GIS (ArcGIS)

AutoCAD

Job description

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

• Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews.
• Reviews and processes complex comprehensive plan amendments, rezoning, annexations, site plans and plats.
• Conducts research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social and economic issues.
• Provides professional planning assistance to member communities on varied land use and transportation projects.
• Develops plans, studies and analyses on regional basis.
• Works in regional program areas relating to natural/water resources planning, community development, hazard mitigation, coastal zone management, and others.
• Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the development review process and/or to verify that development projects comply with approved plans.
• Conducts meetings and presents reports and other findings to staff with advisory boards and elected officials.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the landson which we, our clients and our communities live and workaround Australia.We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here:https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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